Category: Face Front Blog

During Covid-19 Face Front developed two online projects that schools can access for free and deliver in the classroom. Both programmes are adaptations of live productions which have been touring to schools with great success for many years. During the pandemic there was a need to adapt our work and provide our programmes online and…

Face Front is very excited to announce that our community groups and outreach work have won ‘Most Innovative Proactive Wellbeing Activity’ at this year’s prestigious Mental Health Awards. Face Front’s CEO, Ray Downing, attended a lavish ceremony at the Penta Hotel in Reading on Thursday 9th October, where he collected the award in front of…

Face Front has been creating theatre that pioneers social change for 25 years. Based in Edmonton Green, Enfield, our inclusive, community-driven theatre company empowers adults and young people with learning disabilities and difficulties through participatory groups and performance opportunities. We’re now preparing for our next phase: securing a permanent home and the future of Face…

My name  is Millie and I volunteered at Face Front for two weeks for the rehearsal process and performance of Quixote. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with everyone, learning so much about the company and hope that in the future I can come and volunteer again. Everyone was very welcoming from the start and I…

I joined Face Front’s DDM Drama Group in 2019 when I was 13 years old.  I looked forward to Wednesdays as I went there from school every week. Ray and Sarah Jane were so great, they gave me the confidence I needed and also I discovered I loved acting. I was lucky to be asked…

In April we were delighted to host Callum, a placement student from Chickenshed. Here’s what he had to say about his time with us at Face Front… I had the great opportunity to do my work experience at Face Front, based in Edmonton Green and I was able to learn a lot from this experience. …

This Easter term I had the privilege of working with the Blue Sky Actors on Saturday afternoons in Stratford. This group of talented individuals have created not one, not two but three new plays on the theme of “To Be Continued…”. An amazing achievement, but then who was going to direct these pieces? A great…